Sempliners Quotes & Sayings

Words are more ardent if a man must struggle to find them. — Amy Tan

Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits. — Friedrich Schiller

Granted I am a babbler, a harmless vexatious babbler, like all of us. But what is to be done if the direct and sole vocation of every intelligent man is babble, that is, the intentional pouring of water through a sieve? — Fyodor Dostoevsky

A story never ends. The narrator is usually provided with a nice, artistic spot for his voice to stop, but that's about all. — J.D. Salinger

My dad always says to listen for the pauses when you want to know if someone's hiding something. — Gabrielle Zevin

Dignity is worth nothing unless you earn it, unless you are willing to pay a price for it. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb